With a 20-fold expansion, researchers can use a conventional light microscope to resolve about 20 nanometers. This allows ...

Now, research published May 12 as a bioRxiv preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed demonstrates that it’s possible to genetically engineer a light-activated proton pump into the mitochondria of ...

Due to their similarities to bacteria, mitochondria can actually trigger ... scientists could examine cells under the microscope, lyse them, and study the chemistry of cellular components, but ...

Ultimately, this is an alternative garbage disposal pathway used by cells to get rid of dysfunctional and damaged mitochondria when they cannot degrade the organelles in their own lysosomes. Why did ...

Below the basic structure is shown in the same animal cell, on the left viewed with the light microscope ... Mitochondrion (plural is mitochondria) Contains enzymes for the reactions in aerobic ...